Improvement in hat and coat-racks



auch site GEORGE T. BENSON, OE JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LettersPatent No. 108,961, dated November 8, 1870.

8 IMPROVEMENT IN HAT yAND COAT-RACKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that LGnonGn T. Benson, of Jersey Oity, in the county ofHudson and in the State of New Jersey, have -invented celtain new anduseful Improvements in Hat and Coat Racks; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing Ina-king a part ot thisspecification, in whichv Figure lis a front elevation ci' 'my devicewhen extended and ready for use;

Figures 2 and Saro a front and an edge view, respectively, of the samewhen folded together;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of one of the hooks; and Y Figure 5 is arear elevation of one of thc sections.

Letters of like naine and kind refer to like parts in cach ot' thegures.

' The object ot' my invention is to produce a cheap and durable hat andcoat-rack, that shall be capable of folding together ina compact form,so as to occupy vbut little space when not inuse; and 1t consists in theemployment of an open frame composed of pivoted, edgewisc-foldingsections, each of which contains one or more l1erizontally-swinginghooks journaled vertically therein, substantiallyias is hereinaftershowin y It also consists in the arrangement upon theA said sections ofthe lugs or detents and their corresponding sockets, substantially as ishereinafter shown and described. y

In the annexed drawing- A representsa frame, of cast nietal,'eoinposedof two parallel bars, a, connected together at their ends by 1neansoftwo semieircular bars, a', the whole forming oneof thc-sections of themain frame.

.livoted 'to or within the parallel bars e is a hook, B, consisting cfavertical bar, b, having its ends pointed so as to tit into correspondingsockets within the frame, and furnishing a support fortwooutward-projecting branches', b', thc ends of which terminate in smallknobs or buttons, as shown.

- The hook and vframe' are each formed of cast metal,

and are connected together` by placing the former within a inold andcasting the latter around it, by which means greater strength anddurability are secured, and a saving intime and labor effected overother methods of accomplishing this result.

As thus constructed the sections are pivoted together so as toyswingcdgewise, as shown in g. 1,

and the outer sections provided with suitable metal eyes C, by means ofwhich the rack may be-suspended upon or from screws or nails ,projectingfrom a verti-' Iu order that the relative vertical position of thesections may be insured when the frame is extended or closed, ahalf-round stud, z, is secured to and projects rearward Vfrom the -bar aa short distance, to one side of the pivot, at one end of each section,and engages with suitable' corresponding recesses 2 provided withinthe'outer face of the contiguous bar of the adjoining section, therelative arrangement of said stud and recesses being such as to arrestthe Inovernent-of the sections whenever they are shut together orextended, so as to bring the bars a 0f each in a line with each other.

rlhc device is now complete, and possesses the advantage of strength anddurability, in combination with a comparatively small cost.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of `my invention,

What I claim as new, is Y 1. rlhc combination of an open frame and ahorizontally-swinging hook journaled vertically between y its sides,when said frame is pivoted to and folds edgewisc upon a similar frame,substantially as andl for the purpose shown.

2. In combinationwith the above-named elements, the studs z and recessesz', substantially as shown, and for the purpose specied. i

In testimony that -I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis v10th day of October, 1870.

GEO. '.l. BENSON,

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